https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-valuable-ally-you-said
I have been trying for a long time to understand exactly what various Western officials mean when they monotonously repeat that “Turkey is a valuable ally.” Turkey is obviously a large, strategically important country at a critical geopolitical crossroads. No great power can ignore it....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-airports-to-help-combat-human-trafficking
The Ministry of Interior, the Cyprus Police, and the Social Welfare Services in collaboration with Hermes Airports have launched a joint campaign at Larnaka and Pafos airports to raise awareness of human trafficking among the traveling public and its front-line staff....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/car-ploughs-into-crowd-in-berlin-killing-one-and-injuring-others
One person has been killed and at least a dozen more injured after a car drove into a crowd on a busy Berlin street....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-killed-in-bus-accident-on-highway
A man was killed on the highway after he was struck by a bus south of the capital Wednesday early morning under circumstances that remained unclarified...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/boris-johnson-to-face-no-confidence-vote-tonight
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a no-confidence vote Monday that could oust him from power, as discontent with his rule finally threatens to topple a politician who has often seemed invincible despite many scandals....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/11-000-asylum-applications-in-the-first-five-months-of-2022
Cyprus has received more than 11,000 asylum applications in the first five months of 2022, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has said, noting that the first line EU-member-states, namely, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Spain and Malta are estimated to receive 150,000 asylum seekers....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mykonos-dk-oyster-bar-in-legal-hot-seat-for-overcharging
Two American tourists are taking legal action against a Greek beach bar after it charged them more than £500 for two drinks and a plate of crab legs....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/britain-celebrates-70-years-of-queen-elizabeth-s-reign
A beaming Queen Elizabeth waved to cheering crowds massed outside Buckingham Palace on Thursday as Britain kicked off four days of pomp, parties and parades to celebrate her record-breaking 70 years on the British throne....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-in-waiting-game-for-lng-supply-and-distribution
In her speech in Davos on Tuesday in front of an audience of businessmen and political leaders, EC President Ursula von der Leyen appeared to put Cyprus on center stage for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the European Union, announcing that "soon" LNG terminals will operate in Greece, Cyprus and Poland....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/european-unity-tested-as-talks-on-russian-oil-embargo-drag-on
Europe's united front against Moscow is being put to the test as countries struggle to agree on a ban on Russian oil imports....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-says-bishop-sexually-assaulted-her-as-a-teen
Former Kition bishop Chrysostomos is facing more sexual assault charges after his acquittal in a rape case last year, with a new female accuser saying he assaulted her when she was seeking orphan aid from the church at the age of 16...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/porsche-presents-the-exclusive-taycan-gts-hockenheimring-edition
To mark the 90th anniversary of the Hockenheimring, Porsche presents the first special edition based on its electric sports car: the Porsche Taycan GTS Hockenheimring Edition. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/larnaca-temp-doctor-guilty-in-boy-s-death
An ER doctor has been found guilty and a medical director acquitted in the death of a young student, whose fatal head injury during gym class in Larnaca had gone unnoticed after an X-Ray at the hospital...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/varosha-occupying-forces-opening-another-part-of-the-beach
The Turkish occupying forces in Cyprus have started work to open up a new area along the beach in the fenced-off area of Varosha, on the eastern coast of Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/op-ed-grateful-healthful
If you really think about it, so many of us should be in a perpetual state of gratitude....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tatar-those-who-applauded-do-not-see-the-realities-in-cyprus
Those who applauded the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis do not see the realities in Cyprus, said Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, commenting on the Greek Prime Minister's speech to the Congress....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/corporal-dies-after-jeep-lands-on-top-of-her
A young female corporal was killed in an accident on Thursday morning after an army jeep at a military base in Kornos overturned and landed on her...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-former-fm-announces-non-combative-2023-run
Cypriot former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides announced Thursday his non-partisan candidacy for president, with the career diplomat deviating from political norms and promising an all-inclusive, non-combative race...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cops-identify-driver-in-left-turn-bicycle-accident
A driver is facing charges for fleeing the scene of an accident after a video on social media showed a car turning left in front of a woman on an electric bicycle, with additional charges possibly including negligence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/spread-of-covid-baffles-locked-down-shanghai-residents
The cases underscore how difficult it is to stop the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant as China clings to its zero-COVID policy, perpetuating a cycle of lockdowns, as well as bafflement, anguish and anger....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nyt-us-helping-ukraine-in-killing-of-russian-generals
The U.S. Secret Service provided information to Ukrainians that allowed them to kill several Russian generals near the front lines, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed U.S. officials....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/protests-erupt-after-potential-us-supreme-court-move-to-overturn-abortion-rights-ruling
Anti-abortion activists and pro-abortion rights supporters took to the streets of Washington on Tuesday after news that the U.S. Supreme Court may overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling that legalized abortion....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-societies-want-politicians-to-listen-and-change
French President Emmanuel Macron may have won the presidential election, but the message from the electorate is loud and clear: Leaders need to be closer to the societies whose fate they decide....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-critic-in-cyprus-sentenced-by-turkish-court
Turkish Cypriot journalist Sener Levent says he does not recognize a sentence handed down by a court in Turkey, where prosecutors accused him in absentia of insulting the country’s president with an offensive cartoon as well as offending the state’s military...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/discord-takes-hold-in-front-against-russian-oil
Nicosia has been defending its stance towards sanctions against Moscow on the basis of principles and European unity, but lack of consensus for the bloc to seek a collective ban on Russian oil supplies has made cracks in the united front appear larger...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pro-migrant-group-says-locals-instigated-emba-incident
A pro-migrant group has accused police of stalling an investigation following a violent incident in Paphos involving foreign nationals and locals, with the NGO saying a 'hate crime' perpetrated against refugees was being misrepresented in the media...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/clashes-between-locals-and-foreigners-continue
A man has been arrested in the aftermath of a violent altercation between locals and foreigners in Emba, a quiet town in western Cyprus where residents have been up in arms over recent arrivals of Syrian and African refugees...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/a-deal-‘everybody-will-hate-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine
The most likely solution that will bring an end to the war in Ukraine is an agreement that “everybody will hate,” James Stavridis, NATO’s Greek-American former commander for Europe tells Kathimerini....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/‘immediate-solutions-test-cyprus-take-on-eastmed
A US energy official urged Nicosia to seek 'other options' if the island wanted to get energy quickly into markets, with Italy doing just that earlier this week when Rome clinched a deal with Algeria to replace Russian gas imports through the Transmed pipeline...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-the-fall-of-the-us-republic
Sometimes I am not sure if I became a historian because I am pessimistic by nature, or if I became pessimistic because I am a historian....
